My Way Swoon

✨Chapter Twenty✨

I was driving Nell insane. I could tell she was fighting not to snap at me. I couldn't help it though. I just kept weaseling Jake into any conversation we had.

"I get it, babe. He's sweet," she finally said.

"I'm sorry I keep talking about him. It's just- It's Jake," I apologized.

"No, I get it. I've been feeling it with Joshy."

"Yeah! You guys are so cute together."

"We really are."

"Anyways, I'm sorry for talking about Jake so much."

"That's okay. I do think you need a night away from boys, though. Maybe you and I can go thrifting and get wine drunk back at my place?" Nell offered.

I would always be down to get wine drunk with Nell. One time I witnessed her putting her whole fist in her mouth. Just for the fun of it. I didn't think it would get that extreme tonight but I wasn't going to turn down the opportunity to possibly see it again.

I went home after work to pack an overnighter bag and then drove straight to her apartment. I left my bag on her unmade bed and followed her to her car.

"Okay. I might have changed my mind about thrifting," she revealed as we passed the Value Village.

"Oh?"

"We're in desperate need of vibrators."

"Oh, my God! Nell!"

"We are. So listen, it's on me. You can grab breakfast tomorrow morning."

"I'm not gonna let you buy me a vibrator. Those are like fifty bucks minimum."

"Trust me. I know the best quality ones. I don't mind the price."

After Nell was finished weighing my options, she made our purchases. Then we ended up ordering a pizza and going back to her apartment. We ate the pizza, we drank the wine and we turned on some music.

I love painting other peoples nails. The entire process is so relaxing. The cuticle care and the nail filing was always nice but Lexi never wanted her nails painted. So for the most part, I just cleaned up Josh and Danny's nails. Every once in a while I could convince Sammy to let me clean up his hangnails.

Nobody ever wanted me to paint their nails but Nell was thrilled. She wanted purple with pink hearts which I was more than willing to paint on.

"We should play Just Dance!" Nell gasped after her nails were done drying.

She said it as if it was the greatest revelation she had ever made.

She pushed her bed back a little and moved her couch slightly out of the way. Then she turned on Just Dance. I was so groggy and tired. My stomach felt bloated and the wine was hitting me in the worst ways. I had a dull headache slowly creeping up between my eyebrows.

I laid down as I watched Nell do her dance. I think honestly I was having more fun watching her dance than I would have had if I was the one dancing. I think at one point she neglected the choreography and just started free styling. I fell asleep soon after her second song.

I woke up in the morning next to Nell. She was laying flat on her back. Her legs were folded up in butterfly pose. I don't know how she could sleep like that. I climbed out of her bed and went to the bathroom.

I splashed some water on my face and brushed my teeth then I came back out.

"Are you up?" Nell croaked.

"Yeah, sorry I didn't mean to wake you."

"I was already up. Do you want some coffee?"

"Yeah, that sounds good."